On Friday evening, Dr. Manmohan Singh was sworn-in as the Prime Minister for a second successive term along with 19 Cabinet colleagues as part of the first phase of government formation.

A majority of the new Ministers belonged to the Congress party, with only Sharad Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party and Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress making it to the first list. The portfolios of the Cabinet Ministers are expected to be announced later. (ANI)